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The HSA is triple tax exempt

and the money is contributed pre-tax, then it grows, the gains are tax-free, and you can withdraw

it tax-free for qualifying medical expenses.

So it's an even better deal than the 401k from a tax perspective.

Hello and well oh boy this voice meta. Hello and welcome to the Barron Streetwise podcast.

I am not an old creaky tree branch bending in the wind

and I'm not a chain-smoking bullfrog. I'm Jack Howe. I've got a bit of a voice issue this week, but

Put that aside for the moment the voice you just heard earlier not me the other one. That's Elizabeth O'Brien. She's my colleague at Barron's. She writes about personal finance. And we're going to be talking with her today about

a story she wrote recently on high deductible health plans and health savings accounts. It's an

investing topic I promise, potentially a good money maker for long-term

savers. Listening in is our audio producer, Meta.

Hi Mehta.

Hi, Jack.

So the plan here is to keep this voice to a minimum.

I'll answer one listener question.

I'll keep the answer short and then we'll get right to

my conversation with Elizabeth. How's that sound? That sounds good. Who's the who

do we have for a question? We have a question from Alexander and it's not recorded, it's in print.

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